Several of my more senior clients have problems seeing the screen and its contents clearly. One such is a Mac user who asked me this week if I could help. When checking out the options available, it soon became clear that they fall into one of two types – those that are easy to configure …
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Blocked email on an Apple arriving in your inbox?
Have you ever wondered why blocking email senders on a Mac or IOS device doesn’t seem to work? There may be a very obvious reason why Apple allows emails from blocked senders to be delivered to your inbox, but I certainly can’t imagine what that reason might be. Indeed, I would have thought that the …
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Passwords – another reason not to re-use them
Yes, I know I’m always banging on about passwords The simple fact is that this issue causes more problems than any other for my IT support clients. Therefore, I can’t resist telling you about something that happened a few weeks ago that offers yet another reason why you really shouldn’t use passwords more than once. …
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Macs – force-quitting and right-clicking
We Windows users have long been used to the “three-fingered salute” of Ctrl-Alt-Del when we want to close a frozen program So what’s the equivalent for a Mac? The quick option is known as “force quitting” and the options are as follows: To force quit a single program Click on the Apple (top lefthand corner) …
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Screen Inversion
Help! My screen’s turned upside down! You probably won’t find this blog of use today (unless you are an office wag – see below), but if ever you see that the contents of your screen have turned upside down (or sideways for that matter), then just remember that you read about it here. You can …
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Stationery Pad – silly name, useful feature
I’m still struggling to like Apple Macs and here’s one reason why One of the many things I find irritating about Macs is that Apple have an annoying habit of giving things completely stupid names. Take the “Airport”, for instance. Now an airport used to be one of those big sprawling places where aeroplanes take …
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Over-protective MAC?
Have you ever downloaded a new program onto your Mac, only to be told by the operating system that it can’t be opened because it’s from an unidentified developer? Mac OSX computers are more protective than Windows computers when it comes to what’s allowed on your computer and that has obvious security benefits. Nevertheless, it …
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Bluetooth Mouse
Why might you want a bluetooth mouse? What is Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a wireless radio technology for communicating over short distances using short-length UHF radio waves. It’s often used between portable and fixed devices. Examples include: Telephone headsets for mobile phones Headphones for music systems Keyboards & mice and their computer There are three classes …
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More About Screen Captures
I’ve written previously about the useful free program called Gadwin PrintScreen that I use to “grab” a copy of either the whole screen or part of the screen. In fact, it’s the utility that I use to grab the bits of screens that I often use to illustrate these blog posts. Since I’m now trying …
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Malware and Adware on a Mac
What does File Quarantine do for you on your Mac? When you attempt to open a file from the internet using Safari, or from an attachment to an email in the Mail program, the operating system will pop up a window warning you that the file comes from the internet and ask whether you really …
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